Dec 22nd 2008 8:30AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Jets, Patriots, AFC East, NFL FansThere will be plenty of finger-pointing should the Jets miss the playoffs, and while Brett Favre’s name is sure to come up, the real issue is more a macro one: New York was 1-3 against the AFC West this season. Blowout losses on the road in San Diego and Denver, and a demoralizing overtime loss in Oakland, have just as much to do with the Jets’ current predicament as somehow finding a way to lose to the three-win Seahawks.

And now they’ll need help if they hope to play into January.

New York headed into the weekend leading the AFC East, but with the Dolphins and Patriots both winning, they’ve fallen to third. Worse, they have to win Sunday against Miami and pray that the Bills can muster the energy to beat the Patriots. Compounding matters: Chad Pennington will be quarterbackin’ up the Dolphins and even though he might not admit it, I suspect he’s playing with a chip on his twice surgically-repaired shoulder.Continue Reading